2. How to end your run for US president in three words. Gary Johnson is the Libertarian candidate in the November election, and he got to make his case yesterday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”. And he blew it, when he was asked by Mike Barnicale what he’d do about Aleppo, by giving this response:

5. Big cities are noisy, dirty, crowded and expensive. So it’s no wonder companies like Envato which allow staff to work from anywhere are becoming popular employers of choice, especially for first home-owners who can’t afford to buy within a three-hour return commute of work. That has to change, according to Ian Harper, one of Australia’s foremost economists. He sat down with our editor-in-chief Paul Colgan for a robust discussion on why it’s essential cities put people with great ideas on each other’s doorsteps. It’s all about innovation and creativity, folks.

4. In the markets, US stocks slipped a little, bonds sold off and the US dollar found some support. So the SPI 200 is down again off 13 points for a floppy start today to follow yesterday’s big 0.7% fall. Oil’s heading up as it looks increasingly likely the Saudis are ready to support an OPEC production freeze. The Aussie dollar is 90 points off the high around 0.7730 and iron ore is starting to fade. Again. But if you’re struggling to make sense of it all, here’s a strange moment – the US Fed just admitted that a startup can predict its upcoming interest rate forecasts.

Wrong. It’s a 10-bedder, and behind its walls are 38 millennials so desperate to live in the city that they’re paying a minimum of $850 for a bunk. But the love is strong – inmates residents say they share an average of 1330 hugs a week and twirl tiki torches. Only “all-round awesome people” need apply.

10. Tim Ferriss, the famous author of “The 4-hour Workweek” once woke up with rug burns on his face after spending two hours the night before feeling “like I was being torn apart and killed a thousand times a second”. But here’s why he wishes everyone would understand why he loves the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca.